Seeing what, the partial use of the two ovals to make Ts, Os, Y, and A?
Did you know that Toyota was initially a textile company and the logo that we think is a stylized T is actually a needle and thread loop?chippy - 5-26-2015 at 07:06 PM
TOYOTA
The one you ought to avoid¨¨
or
two old yamahas on thin aluminum
or
too often yankees overprice this auto
or
tortuous on your old tired ass
TOYOTA
[Edited on 5-27-2015 by chippy]bajabuddha - 5-26-2015 at 09:31 PM
I betcha his dad's Tonka....... oops, Toyota can beat up your dad's Dodge !! Cliffy - 5-26-2015 at 09:45 PM
Anyone know why and what the stars are on the front of a Subaru? :-)
Subaru stars
AKgringo - 5-26-2015 at 09:55 PM
The stars are a constellation (I don't know which one)
The company started out manufacturing telescopes.
Cliffy - 5-26-2015 at 10:28 PM
Subaru in Japanese means the constellation "Pleiades"
The stars are a constellation (I don't know which one)
The company started out manufacturing telescopes.
I owned 3 Subaru 4WD wagons... 1977.5, 1980, 1986 models. I thought the name meaning was very cool. I had heard they made airplanes and the horizontal
(H-4) engine was originally an airplane motor, very smooth and balanced. Each of my Subarus got 1000's of miles of Baja travel put on them, and never
an engine or mechanical failure. My first experience with Japanese quality after having owned a new Jeep (1975), in which everything on it broke or
failed.Cliffy - 5-27-2015 at 06:44 AM
If you ever disassemble a Subaru engine the inside finishes are like jewelry. Very well made with attention to detail even inside out of sight. I'd
use one in an airplane any day. Just not enough ponies :-) chippy - 5-27-2015 at 06:58 AM
Subaru motors are also an excelent choice for baja bugs and buggies.David K - 5-27-2015 at 07:10 AM
Subaru motors are also an excelent choice for baja bugs and buggies.
The Baja Challenger buggy class (BC) is Subaru powered!
In the 90's, Subaru got out of the part time 4WD market and went with full time AWD. No low range... that is why I didn't go back... plus I wanted a
true pickup, and the unibody Subaru passenger pickup BRAT or BAJA bed was not large enough for my stuff. rts551 - 5-27-2015 at 07:10 AM
Must be a slow day in NOMAD landBeemerDan - 5-27-2015 at 07:12 AM
I've heard of people putting the Suburu engines in VW Vanagons and Westfalias.
The one Suburu I had, had head gasket issues.bajabuddha - 5-27-2015 at 11:34 AM
The constellation Pleiades is also known as "The Seven Sisters". I noticed on the grill pic above Suburu only has six stars in it. Just
sayin........ chuckie - 5-27-2015 at 11:37 AM
SUBARU spelled backwards is U R A BUS....David K - 5-27-2015 at 07:31 PM
There are many stars in the system. Fuji Heavy Industries apparently felt the 6 brightest ones were enough?Mexitron - 5-28-2015 at 07:37 AM
Though there are seven sisters in the Greek mythology of the Pleiades there are actually only six visible to the naked eye (and around 1,000 that
aren't visible)...various Greek mythologies deal with the unseen sister, as you can imagine. Also, I don't know that the seven sisters mythologies
were ever incorporated into Japanese lore, so how would they know about the missing sister anyway. And this from Wikipedia:
"In Japan, the constellation is mentioned under the name Mutsuraboshi ("six stars") in the 8th century Kojiki and Manyosyu documents. The
constellation is also known in Japan as Subaru (“unite”) and is depicted in the logo and name of the Subaru automobile company." bajabuddha - 5-28-2015 at 08:01 AM
Hai, Mexitron-san. Wakkadimastaka. Arigato gosaimasu. However, the ''Teeny Dipper" has been in my sights for 44 years now, and with binocs (plain
peepers ain't so good no more) there are 7 stars in the little cluster. Anywayz, if they in fact did use the Pleiades for a logo, they certainly have
good taste. 'Tls my favorite finder in the night skies.
Wiki sez:
" The constellation is also known in Japan as Subaru (“unite”) and is depicted in the logo and name of the Subaru automobile company."
